Hey Guys
I'm looking to upgrade my 5 year old machine. I tend to sit somewhere between bang for buck and future proof. I mostly only play LoL and WoW these days and a bit of Civ, but I also tend to play things like Forza and AC when they get released.
Ive never needed top end graphics and turn shadows to mediumish quality as that usually kills my machine and I am therefore used to it.
I do work in IT (second line) and know my way around a machine, but I dont deal with gaming as much as I used to.
This upgrade is more of a necessity rather than treating myself as my CPU is finally tapping out.
My current build: (Full ATX Tower W10 64bit)
Intel Core i5 4690K
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 799MHz
MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (MSI)
Corsair H80i GT Cooler
Drives
931GB Hitachi HDS721010CLA332
232GB Samsung SSD 840 Series
1863GB Seagate ST2000DM006-2DM164
232GB Samsung SSD 750 EVO 250GB
Ive been toying with swapping to AMD as they are no longer what they were at the time I bought this. (I5 10600k vs r7 3700x)
I would like an NVME SSD
GPU wont be upgraded as its not an issue and its the most recently replaced part (involved coke and a loud bang on my 970)
This is mostly looking at the Mobo, CPU setup, the cooler should be fine, but everywhere I look these days everyone uses air coolers?
The RAM will most likely go out too, ive never tried running more than 16gb though.. never needed to. I would upgrade it though as its only running at 800mhz.
Aiming to spend somewhere around 700 GBP but its not the end of the world if it goes higher.